Clooney Film Connects McCarthy to Today

[The Sushi Bandit]

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NEW YORK (AP) - Most have forgotten CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow's ``See It Now'' broadcasts that took on Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Not George Clooney - he even sees those '50s political battles recurring in today's America.

And in ``Good Night, and Good Luck,'' Clooney and co-screenwriter Grant Heslov offer up ways we can connect the then-vs.-now dots between communists and terrorists, McCarthy and the Bush administration, loyalty oaths and the Patriot Act.

[non sociopath skin]

1. The ghastly thug has become a "Christian" icon for the NeoFundies ....

... time to redress the balance and remind folk what a self-seeking deluded asshole he was.

The Skin

[I_Make_Mistakes]

2. Yep, first movie I will see in a theater since F-911

[lindisfarne]

4. I saw the Corporation after F-911. the last film I saw in a theater.

[NJCher]

3. will contrast with journalism now

Still, Clooney - who made his directing debut with 2002's ``Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' - maintained that his movie is not meant as an ``indictment'' of today's news media: ``I just wanted to show when it was done really well.''

But how can it not be an indictment of today's news media? He is showing how someone did the job and did it well.

A film like this is important and necessary to show people what journalism is supposed to be.

Thank you, George Clooney.



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